What is the best quality a person can have?

January 14, 2008|By CRISTY MECK, Shade

I feel that the best quality in a person would have to be their character. Your character is not only an essential part of how people portray you, but it’s also what makes you who you are. You could be a smart, talented, and beautiful person, but as they say, beauty is only skin deep. With the wrong attitude and outlook on life, you could turn all those beautiful assets into something very ugly.

It’s understandable that not everyone is perfect, and let’s face it not everyone has an idealistic personality, but you can find beauty in imperfection, and people can change. Part of having good character is realizing this and helping others to see it.

By KATIE HOSTETLER

Meyersdale

The best quality a person can have would be passion.

Passion in its finest form is the ability of a person to see life through not only her eyes, but through her spirit.

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Passion is when a person has so much love or emotion for something that no matter what, that love will endure.

People can have passion for many different things such as sports, love, or simply life. There are very few people who are truly passionate about anything in life. It is a quality that, when found, is a treasure indeed.

By EMILY KOPPENHOFER

North Star

Life is a test and everyday we receive a grade in one important subject — grace. Grace encompasses the vital characteristics of humility, helpfulness, faith, and acceptance. This is why I believe that grace is the most important quality a person can have.

Grace is defined as “moral strength.” To me, this means knowing your convictions and sticking to them in a peaceful manner. Having grace is about having class and respect for yourself and others. Those who are graceful are faithful to their beliefs, while being accepting of the ideas of others. Those with grace don’t always have to agree, but they can listen to others opinions in a thoughtful and open-minded way.

People possessing grace are also humble. They put others before themselves, and know that, in the end, helping others will be worth their time and efforts. They show humility in all situations in life, even if it’s something as simple as ushering others ahead of them in line, or holding the door open for someone. Grace spreads. If someone sees another doing a good deed, they are more likely to do something nice for someone else, and so on. Grace is a positive, contagious quality.

Grace is something that money can’t buy and credentials rarely produce. Being the smartest, the prettiest, the most talented, the richest, or even the poorest won’t help, but being a humble and helpful person can. Living life with a strong sense of faith in convictions will allow you to live each day full of grace.

By ERICA HITTIE

Somerset County Technology Center

Confidence is an essential quality needed to become a happy and successful person. When a person has confidence in himself he is able to achieve things that a person without confidence may only be able to dream of.

A confident person possesses the ability to jump life’s difficult hurdles with grace and poise. Shaking negative thoughts and feelings, and replacing them with confident ones will surely breed happiness, and likely success. If happiness and success are the ultimate goals, it is necessary to believe in one’s self. Confidence is key not only in believing in one’s self, but also in having others believe as well.

Confidence is a trait that radiates from a person and will be noticed by others if it sincerely comes from the heart. Having confidence will most likely make a person much happier and successful, and isn’t that what every person strives for in life?

By KATLIN MUSSER

Berlin Brothersvalley

The best quality one can posses is passion.

Passion could be best described as an intense feeling toward something, think of it as ambition set on fire. People with a passion for life in general tend to be more accepting of trying new and more adventurous things on a daily basis. Someone with passion generally works harder for their goals and often possesses other qualities that I also find important for someone to have, such as compassion, honesty, and a good sense of humor.

To me someone who is ambiguous, compassionate, driven, and honest are the best people to be around.

By LAINA KAROSIC

Windber

No matter who one is faced with or what situations a person is thrown into, I believe tolerance is the preeminent quality a person can have.

Look at the tension and conflict around you. It seems people are hastily dismissing others’ opinions, ideas, or logic. The best way to get past ignorance is to gain an understanding of where peoples’ thoughts and senses are rooted. Once we gain an understanding and acceptance to at least take note to others, we not only come off as perceptive people, but we learn more by allowing others to exist with their own beliefs.